Required firmware files may be missing││ This system is currently running Linux 2.6.39-2-486 and you are│ installing Linux 3.0.0-1-486. In the new version some of the drivers│ used on this system may require additional firmware files:││ nouveau: nouveau/fuc41ad, nouveau/fuc41ac, nouveau/fuc409d,│ nouveau/fuc409c, nouveau/nvc4_fuc41ad, nouveau/nvc4_fuc41ac,│ nouveau/nvc4_fuc409d, nouveau/nvc4_fuc409c, nouveau/nvc3_fuc41ad,│ nouveau/nvc3_fuc41ac, nouveau/nvc3_fuc409d, nouveau/nvc3_fuc409c,│ nouveau/nvc0_fuc41ad, nouveau/nvc0_fuc41ac, nouveau/nvc0_fuc409d,│ nouveau/nvc0_fuc409c

Most firmware files are not included in the system because they do not│ conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. You may need to│ reconfigure the package manager to include the contrib and non-free│ sections of the package archive before you can install these firmware│ files.

I had the same warning when I had the kernel upgrade. It should be safe to install it regardless since if it doesn't work, you can always revert to the old kernel. In my case, the update was flawless. I'm running nouveau on my GeForce GTX 260 with no problems.

If you opted to abort the kernel update due to the warning, then you can just use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and it will attempt to install it again.

Fetched 46.9 kB in 6s (7,774 B/s) E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Yes, you can only have one instance of apt-get running. Both mint-update and synaptic are frontends to apt-get, which means that you cannot open one while the other one is running. Note that if the shield on the bottom right of your screen is empty, i.e. is unchecked, mint-update is performing an

I did a fresh install, update the repo info, run the update, run this command; sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad then mint-update asked me where to install Grub, installed sda and sda1 then completed. When i boot on 3.0.0-1-486 system corrupted.

Hi guys,Has there been any more information discovered on this? I'm having the same issue. There is one nouveau driver available via synaptic and one for Nvidia. The Nvidia breaks the system to when it will only boot to a terminal for login so I purged the nvidia drivers and went back to the only nouveau option available which does not seem to be supporting 3D acceration. I also tried the latest and greates from Nvidia and that was a total bomb the run file wont even get past the accept/ do not accept prompt.Thanks